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Tech & Terrorism: Organized Antisemitism And Neo-Nazism Remains On YouTube,
Instagram, And Twitter

 

(New York, N.Y.) – Over the past week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has
identified neo-Nazi and antisemitic extremist content on major social media
platforms, including YouTube, Facebook-owned Instagram, and Twitter, which
corresponds to a reported80 percent increase
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in antisemitic acts in the last month across the United States. On YouTube,
CEP located a neo-Nazi podcast that explicitly endorsed violence and urged
listeners to be “active participants in the destruction of society” and to
“instill a little terror wherever you go.” On Instagram several accounts were
found that advocated for violence against Jews and praised neo-Nazism. On
Twitter two accounts were located that promote the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance
Movement’s (NRM) podcasts.

 

“Antisemitism and neo-Nazism’s continued appearance on mainstream social media
platforms is unacceptable, especially given the recent worldwide uptick in hate
crimes, bigotry, and intolerance. YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter each need to
examine why this extremist content was allowed to be uploaded, shared, and in
some cases viewed hundreds of times—and why some was permitted to remain online
even after being reported by CEP,” said CEP Executive Director David Ibsen.
“Clearly, the presence of extremist and terrorist material is not limited to
small platforms, as Big Tech may want us tobelieve
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A neo-Nazi podcast, created and hosted by the administrator of a notorious
accelerationist Telegram channel, was uploaded to YouTube on May 23 as a
private video, requiring approval to view from the uploader. Both the YouTube
link and a separate mp3 file on Telegram were shared by at least 15 different
neo-Nazi and white supremacist Telegram channels. The podcast explicitly
endorses violence. In the most recent episode, one of the hosts urged listeners
to be “active participants in the destruction of society” and to “instill a
little terror wherever you go.” One of the podcasters encouraged listeners to
be wary of a forced government famine to coerce people to get the COVID-19
vaccine in exchange for food. The same individual declared that the vaccine
would lead to death or a change in one’s genome.

 

CEP researchers located several antisemitic and neo-Nazi accounts on
Instagram, including posts encouraging violence. One account, which used a
neo-Nazi accelerationist slogan in its profile, posted a video on May 26 urging
violence against Jews and linking to a neo-Nazi Telegram account. The video was
viewed over 125 times in 24 hours. The video was removed by Instagram after it
was reported, but the profile was not removed. Another account, with over 575
followers, remained online after it was reported for posting multiple
antisemitic memes and a segment of the George Floyd death video. Other pages
included a profile with a Nazi swastika as its user icon and an account
praising a neo-Nazi slogan in the profile description. CEP also located an
account that posted Atomwaffen Division
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 propaganda in December 2020 and used an image taken from the group’s
propaganda as its profile photo. The swastika account was removed by Instagram
shortly after it was located, the final two accounts were removed by Instagram
after CEP reported them.

 

CEP located two accounts promoting the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement
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(NRM) podcasts on Twitter. A primary account for the online radio station
joined the platform in March 2019 and had over 300 followers on May 27. The
account tweeted out links to podcasts and blog posts. In May 2021, content
included an interview with the American Rob Rundo, a former leader of the
neo-Nazi Rise Above Movement
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NRM activities, and an antisemitic blog post. With over 170 followers, the
second account was created in September 2020, advertised a music podcast on the
NRM website, and included interviews with individuals and bands affiliated with
the national socialist black metal (NSBM) scene. Neither account was removed by
Twitter after it was reported by CEP.

 

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